You Won’t Believe How Ethereum Is Dominating Crypto Right Now

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Oh, look at that! Ethereum is making waves—surprise, surprise! According to the latest CoinShares report, crypto inflows shot up to $224 million last week. Who knew? Meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH) continues to strengthen its position as the crypto that institutional investors are just *loving* right now.

The second-largest crypto by market cap is going strong, hitting positive returns since the Pectra Upgrade on May 7. You can thank that upgrade for making Ethereum look even better than usual. Fancy that!

Ethereum’s Historic Streak: Stronger Than a Double Shot of Espresso

Apparently, Ethereum pulled in $296.4 million in inflows last week. Yeah, it’s its strongest streak since the US elections. You can just imagine the institutional investors’ faces lighting up.

This helped push the total crypto inflows for the week to $224 million, extending a seven-week streak to $11 billion. Even with the whole economy looking like a dumpster fire, crypto’s still doing its thing. Unbelievable, right?

“Ethereum leads with US$296.4 million in inflows, its strongest run since the US election, now representing 10.5% of total AuM,” the report says. Well, that’s a lovely little piece of news!

James Butterfill over at CoinShares is pointing out that Ethereum’s surge is happening even as everything else is slowing down thanks to the whole Fed uncertainty thing. Who’d have thought?!

And it gets better: Ethereum’s big rise is basically tied to the Pectra upgrade on May 7, which made user experience and smart contracts way more efficient. So, hats off to the devs! You did it.

Ethereum’s had a nice little run, pulling in $1.5 billion over the last seven weeks. Yeah, you read that right. A BILLION. The week after the upgrade alone, Ethereum pulled in $785 million, and then another $286 million the following week. Seriously, is anyone surprised anymore?

Even Ethereum ETFs are getting in on the action, with a solid 15-day streak of inflows. Can you believe it? The ETFs are showing that investors are all in on Ethereum’s long-term potential. It’s like everyone’s got a front-row seat to the Ethereum show!

$ETH ETFS > $BTC ETFs?

Ethereum spot ETFs just clocked 15 straight days of inflows – $25M+ on June 6 alone.

Past week:
– $ETH ETFs: +$281M
– $BTC ETFs: -$129M

Since launch: $837.5M into ETH ETFs (~25% of all U.S. spot crypto ETF inflows).

$1B next week?

— ALexia (@Alex1i9) June 9, 2025

So, yeah, everyone’s talking about Ethereum, and for good reason. Analysts are saying Ethereum is basically 2016’s Ethereum on steroids. Not bad, right?

“Ethereum 2025 is 2016 on steroids. Same consolidation, same shakeout, same reversal pattern. Back then, ETH rewrote the charts. Now? We’ve got a stronger base, more capital, and ETF momentum,” said analyst Merlijn the Trader. Well, okay then. If you say so!

Meanwhile, Bitcoin is Just… Ugh

While Ethereum’s over here having a good time, Bitcoin is doing its best impression of a sad puppy, recording its second week of outflows. It lost $56.5 million. Yeah, people are a little skeptical right now.

“Bitcoin saw its second straight week of modest outflows totaling $56.5 million, as policy uncertainty kept investors on the sidelines…short-Bitcoin products also experienced a second week of outflows,” CoinShares pointed out. Ouch.

Altcoins are mostly… well, meh. Sui (SUI) saw some modest inflows of $1.1 million, while XRP is still in the dumps, with its third week of outflows totaling $6.6 million. Maybe not *everyone* is feeling the love.

Despite the general slowdown, Ethereum’s performance is clearly setting itself apart from the rest. With all that ETF love, it seems like investors are betting on ETH to come out on top in a post-rate-hike world. Bold move!

QCP: BTC implied volatility remains under pressure amid low realized vol and lack of clear catalysts. Market participants are delaying bullish bets, rolling July options to September. Without a breakout above $110K or below $100K, BTC is likely to stay range-bound. Eyes are on…

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) June 9, 2025

Ethereum is now sitting pretty at 10.5% of total digital asset AuM, so yeah, it’s back in the game. Whether this trend will continue? Well, that’s up to the Fed later this week. Who knows, right?

As of now, Ethereum is trading at $2,528, up 1.28% in the last 24 hours. Not bad at all, right? Not bad at all.

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2025-06-09 14:41